[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, September 26, 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: September 26, 2013 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday September 26, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can

[cobirds] Denver Christmas Bird Count date

For those that need to do advanced planning the Denver CBC will be held this year on Saturday, December 14th. Further information will be available in November concerning Count Area Leader contact information, potluck details, etc. Joey Kellner Compiler - Denver CBC Littleton, Colorado --

[cobirds] Swallow departures from northern Front Range in 2013

So, is it just me or does it seem like Barn Swallows have been the last swallow species standing for much longer this late summer-autumn than usual? In the way of example, in the northwest corner of Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins there is a bridge over a ditch that hosts nesting by both

[cobirds] Re: Swallow departures from northern Front Range in 2013

Just saw two Cliff Swallow this morning at Wellington SWA--hanging in there ... the majority disappeared probably a month ago. Our local Barn Swallows (3-6) were last seen about ten days ago. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On

[cobirds] RMBO @ CBR, El Paso Co, Thurs.; Hooded Warbler

Hi COBIrders, Bird-of-the-Day: Adult male HOODED WARBLER, banded this morning. Very Cool. The clear skies and wind brought in new birds, especially sparrows, they just didn't find the nets until midday. At dawn there were dozens of White-crowned and Song Sparrows, and some kinglets and mixed

[cobirds] Raptors, Hanover Rd, El Paso Co., Thurs

Hi, again, COBirders, On my drive home today from CBR, Hanover Road was loaded with raptors, presumably many of them migrants. Seen on poles were a Ferruginous, 3 Swainson's, 7 Red-tails, 2 Am Kestrels, 25 Chihuahuan Ravens split between three flocks, and 2 juv Cooper's Hawks at CBR. Steve

[cobirds] Louviers Field Trip - This Saturday

If you’re interested in a little more fall birding, I’ll be leading a field trip around the Louviers area in Douglas County this Saturday, starting at 7:30am at the Louviers Post Office; this will only be a 1/2 day outing, ending at noon. The Post Office is easily found on Google, or you can

Re: [cobirds] Swallow departures from northern Front Range in 2013

I saw a group of barn swallows (maybe 10-12) Tuesday morning (September 24) on the wires above the parking lot at Claymore Lake, Reservoir Ridge, Fort Collins foothills open space. They were munching up the bugs in the air. Libby Edwards Fort Collins On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:29 AM, DAVID A

[cobirds] Denver Philadelphia Vireo and Townsends Warbler

This morning I encountered a small flock of migrant birds in that portion of Bear Creek Park that lies just north of Ft Lyons National Cemetery. Included in the flock was a Philadelphia Vireo and a Townsends Warbler. From Sheridan Blvd. take W. Kenyon Ave. east to a small parking area on the

Re: [cobirds] Swallow departures from northern Front Range in 2013

Actually they are called flocks and not groups of barn swallows :+) Plus we still have a hummingbird on our feeder every day, some kind of immature or female, probably broad-tailed. Libby Edwards Fort Collins Larimer Co On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Libby Edwards libbyeu...@gmail.com wrote:

[cobirds] Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins (Larimer) 26Sept2013

Had I only birded one tree, the large Northern Hackberry in the extreme ne corner of Section 1 (which is the in the southwestern corner of Grandview Cemetery), I would have had 16 species of birds and 1 mammal (Fox Squirrel). All were foraging on the sudden emergence of large numbers of adult

[cobirds] Re: Swallow departures from northern Front Range in 2013

I've been thinking about this a lot of late. First, I swear...About 6 weeks ago I was going to post to COBirds a prediction that a Barn Swallow would be seen this year on a Colorado Christmas Bird Count. Probably John Martin. Well, I'll make the prediction now. Okay, I've just jinxed that

[cobirds] Re: Swallow departures from northern Front Range in 2013

I observed scores of both Cliff and Barn Swallows nesting under three different bridges-over-ditches on the Federal Center (6th Kipling) all summer. The majority left sometime between August 27 and Sept 12. On Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:29:57 AM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: So, is it

[cobirds] Swallows

I was having trouble accessing my Birds of North American (BNA) account this morning when I first posted about swallows. Apparently the reference I quoted in lieu of BNA (Erlich's Birder's Handbook) about Cliff Swallows sometimes having 2-3 broods per year is in error. The Birds of North